#8A4E8B#8A4E8B

#8A4E8B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.116 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E8B
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 34.98, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 42.08, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0967 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.116 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8655, 12.7170, 25.9347)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E8B #4F8B4E

analogous

#6B4E8B #8A4E8B #8B4E6E

triadic

#8A4E8B #8B8A4E #4E8B8A

tetradic

#8A4E8B #8B6B4E #4F8B4E #4E6E8B

square

#8A4E8B #8B6B4E #4F8B4E #4E6E8B

split-complementary

#8A4E8B #6E8B4E #4E8B6B

monochromatic

#3C223D #633864 #8A4E8B #AB6BAC #C192C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A4E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A4E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E8B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E8B	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.116 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad81ad',
    500: '#8a4e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e8b;
$custom-light: #ad81ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.016,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51713,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E8B

secondary

#87AE87

accent

#C46365

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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